Which Cohort Are You?  (Pre-Millennials)

 

Generation Y (1981-1996)

The much-maligned "Millennials" are the digital pioneers who brought us social media and avocado toast. They're adaptable, tech-savvy, value-driven, and (allegedly) financially irresponsible and with a sense of entitlement matched only by the Boomers.​

 

Generation X (1965-1980)

Gen X are the "latchkey" kids who grew up in the shadow of Boomers. Having two working parents, they are said to be independent, resourceful, and skeptical of authority, but also paranoid, apathetic, and cynical.

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Baby Boomers (1946-1964)

The Boomers arrived on a tide of post-war optimism and economic prosperity. They gave us rock 'n' roll, civil rights movements, environmental degradation, the housing crisis, and surrendered working rights for subsequent generations, all in pursuit of the "American Dream."

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The Silent Generation (1928-1946)

The Silent Generation earned their name by dutifully keeping their heads down. They survived wars and built economies, made modest strides in workers' rights and laid the groundwork for later social, gender, and racial equality movements. Their cautious approach often meant slow progress, and they left the heavy lifting to the Boomers and subsequent generations.

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The Greatest Generation (1901-1927)

The Greatest Generation (aka the G.I. Generation and the WW2 generation) saved the world from the Nazis, then settled into suburbia. Masters of grit and frugality, they repurposed everything, including wartime trauma, into stoic silence. Champions of discipline, they raised the Baby Boomers to question everything.

 

The Lost Generation (1883-1901)

The Lost Generation endured WW1. However, at this time the idea of generational cohorts was restricted to ex-patriate American writers, wandering Parisian cafes, sipping absinthe while lamenting a world gone mad. They penned angst-filled novels and debated life's futility, while giving us literary classics and a legacy of stylish despair.​​

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Definitions from https://www.cyberdefinitions.com/generations.html